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Barbecue competition dishes up good food, fun to benefit scholarships
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Back In Time singer Jonathon Jackson sings to 2-year-old Riley Crook on Saturday at the fifth annual Brenau Barbecue Championship. Riley’s dad Michael Crook plays trumpet in the band. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Barbecue lovers and expert chefs from 37 teams around the area, state and Southeast gathered in a fun, down-home barbecue cook-off Saturday in the fifth annual Brenau Barbecue Championship at Brenau University. The money raised went toward local scholarships for Gainesville-area students to attend Brenau. Along with the cook-off, Gainesville’s Old Friends Car Club sponsored a classic car show with more than 100 classic cars lined up for spectators to admire and question the owners.
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